Cognitive psychology worksheet with answers

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a:

1. ALexicon
2. BPhoneme
3. CPhrase
4. DMorpheme

Selective attention is best illustrated by:

1. ASolving an arithmetic problem
2. BRecognising a face you have seen before
3. CFollowing one conversation at a noisy party
4. DRemembering a phone number for a few seconds

Which researchers proposed the multi-store model of memory?

1. ALoftus and Palmer
2. BAtkinson and Shiffrin
3. CCraik and Lockhart
4. DBaddeley and Hitch

In the Brown–Peterson task, participants count backwards by threes after seeing a trigram such as "KTR". The main finding was that:

1. ARecall stayed almost perfect even after 18 seconds of counting
2. BOnly the first letter of each trigram tended to be forgotten
3. CRecall fell sharply within about 18 seconds without rehearsal
4. DCounting backwards made the trigrams easier to remember

In January you keep writing last year's date on forms. This is an example of:

1. AAnterograde amnesia
2. BRetroactive interference
3. CEncoding failure
4. DProactive interference

Encoding specificity means that recall is best when:

1. AThe material is learned in a noisy room
2. BThe context at retrieval matches the context at learning
3. CInformation is learned in one long session
4. DLearning happens just before sleep only

In the Wason selection task, cards show E, K, 4 and 7. The rule is "If a card has a vowel on one side, it has an even number on the other". Which cards must be turned to test the rule?

1. AE only
2. BE, 4 and 7
3. CE and 7
4. DE and 4

A patient with damage to primary visual cortex says he sees nothing in part of his visual field, yet points to objects there well above chance. This is called:

1. AProsopagnosia
2. BChange blindness
3. CBlindsight
4. DInattentional blindness